Puri, Samir, 1981-
Fighting and negotiating with armed groups : the difficulty of securing strategic outcomes / Samir Puri. - Abingdon, UK ; New York, USA : Routledge, for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2016. - 168 pages ; 24 cm. - [Adelphi paper] . - Adelphi ; 459 . - Adelphi (Series) (International Institute for Strategic Studies) ; 459. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter One
The difficulties of accommodating or eliminating armed groups Northern Ireland: the UK politicises its security response Sri Lanka: destroying the LITE after years of war and talks Delivering a decisive outcome against armed groups
Chapter Two
juggling to move from military stalemate to negotiations Colombia: five decades of tilting between fighting and talking 42 Turkey: belatedly opening a political track with the PKK 52 Chasing political settlements with armed groups 63
Chapter Three
fhe ruthless pragmatism of being selective and deceptive Russia: playing politics and waging war to quell Chechnya's rebellion Pakistan: fighting and talking to Islamist militants since 9/11 80 Do these policies arise from cunnirt' ? 92
Chapter Four
When partnerships of states confront armed groups Afghanistan: neither defeating nor reconciling with the Taliban 99 Iraq: as the armed-group challenge ends, another begins 109 Engaging armed groups through partnerships 119
Chapter Five
'he lopsided strategies of very weak or very strong states The DRC a weak state forged from armed groups Israel's perpetual security dilemma in the Palestinian territories 137
9781138238565
REGIONAL CONFLICTS
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
TERRORISM
CONFILICT
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
ARMED CONFLICTS
CIVILIAN PERSONS
Fighting and negotiating with armed groups : the difficulty of securing strategic outcomes / Samir Puri. - Abingdon, UK ; New York, USA : Routledge, for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2016. - 168 pages ; 24 cm. - [Adelphi paper] . - Adelphi ; 459 . - Adelphi (Series) (International Institute for Strategic Studies) ; 459. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter One
The difficulties of accommodating or eliminating armed groups Northern Ireland: the UK politicises its security response Sri Lanka: destroying the LITE after years of war and talks Delivering a decisive outcome against armed groups
Chapter Two
juggling to move from military stalemate to negotiations Colombia: five decades of tilting between fighting and talking 42 Turkey: belatedly opening a political track with the PKK 52 Chasing political settlements with armed groups 63
Chapter Three
fhe ruthless pragmatism of being selective and deceptive Russia: playing politics and waging war to quell Chechnya's rebellion Pakistan: fighting and talking to Islamist militants since 9/11 80 Do these policies arise from cunnirt' ? 92
Chapter Four
When partnerships of states confront armed groups Afghanistan: neither defeating nor reconciling with the Taliban 99 Iraq: as the armed-group challenge ends, another begins 109 Engaging armed groups through partnerships 119
Chapter Five
'he lopsided strategies of very weak or very strong states The DRC a weak state forged from armed groups Israel's perpetual security dilemma in the Palestinian territories 137
9781138238565
REGIONAL CONFLICTS
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
TERRORISM
CONFILICT
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
ARMED CONFLICTS
CIVILIAN PERSONS